Bio for MOLL, Henry (b.1834), Brown Co., MN
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Henry Moll Biography
Brown County (New Ulm), Minnesota Pioneers and Their Families
Written by Dr. L. A. Fritsche 1916

HENRY MOLL

  Henry Moll, one of the elder pioneer citizens of Milford township, 
Brown County, Minnesota, now living in quiet retirement on his one-hundred
-and-sixty-acre farm, is a native of Germany, born in Wurtemberg on 
December 27, 1834.  He is a son of Henry and Anna Moll, both natives of 
the same place.  Henry, the elder, was a shepherd in his native land but 
after coming to this country in 1847 he devoted his energies exclusively 
to farming.  He located in Wisconsin, where he passed the remainder of 
his life.  Henry and Anna Moll were the parents of nine children, five 
of whom are still living.  These are Daniel, Conrad, Margaret, Henry 
and Albert.
  Henry Moll was thirteen years of age when his parents brought him to 
this country and in his native land had attended a good school.  
He studied in this country but a short time, and that in the primitive 
early schools of Wisconsin.  He was of great assistance to his father in 
preparing their newly acquired land for cultivation and worked in this 
manner until the outbreak of the Civil War.  Early in that conflict he 
enlisted as a private in Company G. Ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 
and served three years and three months with the Western division of the
army under General Steele.  He passed through this time of service with-
out any serious injury, although participating in a number of skirmishes.
    After his term of enlistment had expired, Henry Moll returned to his 
home and shortly afterward came to this county, purchasing one hundred 
and sixty acres of land in Milford township, for which he paid eleven 
hundred dollars. It was partly improved, having some sod broke, but the 
buildings had all been destroyed during the Indian uprising. 
He set about putting up the necessary buildings and otherwise improving 
the place and farmed there until 1873 when he moved to Cottonwood county 
and pre-empted a claim of one hundred and sixty acres.  After having 
proved up on that, Henry Moll returned to his former home in Milford 
township and continued farming there until the time of his retirement 
in 1911.  Henry Moll was always considered one of the most progressive 
men and up-to-date farmers of his day and community and is eminently 
deserving of the success which has been his.
  Henry Moll was married on August 19, 1866, to Caroline Essig, a 
daughter of John and Louise (Granaman) Essig, that family being one 
of the prominent pioneer families and for further data regarding them, 
the reader will please refer to the sketch of John Essig, found
elsewhere within these covers.  
  Henry Moll and wife are the parents of fourteen children, eleven of 
whom are living at the present time.  These are:  Albert, Anna, Henry, 
Otto, Caroline, Jacob, Armanda, Leonard, Charles, Adolph and  Arthur.  
  Henry married Minnie Current and has five children, Wilmer, James, 
Laura, Lydia and Adeline.  
  Anna married Clark Morehouse and is the mother of six children, 
Samuel, Ora, Jacob, Leonard, Albert and Charles. 
  Samuel Morehouse married a Miss Anderson and has one child.  
  Otto married Rosa Frankie and has four children, Genevieve, Everett, 
Alma and Rowland.  
  Caroline became the wife of George Maha and has five children, Gladys, 
Georgia, Goldie, Germa and Glorandena.  
  Jacob chose Ethel Osborn as his wife and has four children, Elmer,
Louise, Alice and Germa.  
  Armanda became the wife of Andrew Lebert and has a family of five, 
Edmond, Lottie, Iona, Lloyd and Opal.  
  Arthur married Minnie Vogel and has a family of three children, 
Harold, Arman and Edgar.
  Henry Moll is one of the faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal 
church of New Ulm and for a number of years he was superintendent of 
the Sunday school and also served as church treasurer.  He is one of 
those consistent men who by virtue of their good qualities exert a 
beneficent influence on the community at large.  Politically, Mr. Moll 
gives his support to the Republican party and has demonstrated his 
interest in local political matters in various ways. For many years he 
was road supervisor and that at a time 
when the question of good roads was first agitating this section.  He is 
a member of Hagar Post No. 48, Grand Army of the Republic, and fills the 
office of sergeant.  Mr. Moll has 
added his quota to the general development of this section of the state 
and as one of the older pioneers, is eminently entitled to representation 
in this volume.
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